ADHD

[buddy]

Hi everyone.

Iwas curious to know if any mums out there have childeren with ADHD?. I have a son of 7 who has recently been diagnosed with it. He has been under the hospital for the last three years, but was only recently diagnosed, and is now on medication.
I know ADHD is more common in childeren these days, and i am interested to hear from anyone else who have childeren with this.

Any comments would be welcome.

[Randy]

Hi everyone.

Iwas curious to know if any mums out there have childeren with ADHD?. I have a son of 7 who has recently been diagnosed with it. He has been under the hospital for the last three years, but was only recently diagnosed, and is now on medication.
I know ADHD is more common in childeren these days, and i am interested to hear from anyone else who have childeren with this.

Any comments would be welcome.

I am a 55 year old man with ADHD. Wasn't diagnosed until I was 46. I don't think it is more common now, but is better understood now. It was never a thought when I was growing up. I think my whole childhood could have been so much better & I along with parents & school teachers & others could have understood the many Why's that was always the question.
You are fortunate that you are living in a time where there is so much more known now. More resorces & training, medications, etc. Also, you can read books, go on line, join forums where ADHD is discused. The medications have helped me so much. The answer I always asked myself every day, what's wrong with me, why am I different was finaly answered. I don;t like having it, but I'm sure glad I have the answer.
My best friend of 8 years has a son with ADHD & he always tells me how much I have helped him understand his son by talking to me, asking questions & observeing me. Hope this helps.

[buddy]

Hi Randy, yes it does help.People sometimes say" he will grow out of it" but you never grow out of it... you just learn to control it . I have had them questions from my son " why am i different" he understands a bit about it, but obviously at aged 7, he still has a lot to learn. I'm glad your coping with it, and able to help your friend with his son too. Do you mind me asking randy.. what medication you are on?

[cpoing]

my son has recently been diagnosed as having ADHD and also as autistic, he has been on different medication but none of them have suited him, the ritalin made him feel sick and gave him bad stomach ache and mood swings he is presently on dexamfetamine but although these help him he is very anxious on them and has a rebound effect when they wear off. he is 8 and can be quite difficult to control at times and i am at my wits end especially after the summer holidays. my sons problem is he cant keep from hitting other children time out dosent work. The specialists say to talk things through with hip but that is not working either. I would love to hear off other parents if they know any other disipline ways i could try.

[AussieJules]

Hiya Buddy

I have a son whos 5 1/2 and 4 months ago the doctors told me that he has ADHD. At first i was upset to know about his but at the same time i was relieved because we had finally found out what was wrong. We thought his behavior was due to my divorce 3 years ago ( may have a little to do with it). He was having a lot of trouble in kindergarton, and even suspended from school for 3 days for being naughty. We stared him on "Ritalin" on a friday then the following monday to friday (5 days) he was bringing home merit awards, student of the week, and he was making friends. I have my baby back now and its wonderful. We were all at our wits end and sometimes i would go into his room at night and just look at him sleeping and say to myself..."whats wrong with my baby" and cry. I used to blame myself and my divorce. It used to be that bad that i wanted to walk out the door and not come back. And the times i wanted to give him a good wack, i would take it out on the brick wall. i was afraid that if i smacked him i wouldnt stop. I just thank god that we have found the source of his behavior other wise i would have lost it.

Your not alone and i am happy you found out his problem before it sent you round the twist.

Hope this helped
AussieJules<----- Jules from Australia

[buddy]

Hi aussiejules, yes you have helped. Im glad you have your baby back. My son has been on ''EQUASYM''.. its 'ritalin' by another name. The first 2 months he was on it, i noticed a big difference in him. He used to take 5mg in the morning and again at lunchtime. His lunchtime dose has been upped to 10mg.Cause his teacher said he was much calmer in the mornings. But to be honest, i don;t think the medication is working anymore.

We took him back to see the specialist a couple of weeks ago, and explained that we didn't think the medication was working, but he wouldn't increase the dose. H e has problems making and keeping friends, has a very bad temper, and will hit other kids when provoked. He used to be quite violent with me too, but now, he is more verbal... which is very annoying. When he is good... he is very good. But when he is bad... he can be a lilltle b******.

Im still at my wits end with him, and do lose it on occasions, but i have to keep trying .

cpoing.... not sure myself what ideas to offer for disipline. The only things i can do is to ground him, take away his favourite toy etc, and he dosen't get to see his friend ( which he hates the most. ). hope you can work things out. if you have any ideas, please keep me posted.

















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[sue1]

hi guys

I have just recently started my young boy on some new fish oil that was recommend to me and i cant belive how well he is doing, before he was having to take about 4 a day, now he only takes 1, I got them from www.mind1st.co.uk. give them a try, iam really pleased with the results

good luck sue

[jackie l]

Hi Sue

I have found the same thing as you I have given my little boy the puraepa fish oil and I cant belive the difference, on the web site it also says that they are good for depression, so I though I would give them a go myself, and I have to say that I feel alot better than I did 3 weeks ago. I would recommend the fish oils to anyone.

Jackie l

[guest2006]

HI whoever, my name is Zack and im 17 years old. i have had ADHD ever since i can remember so it would be long before 7 or 8. I know that im probolly much bigger than your son but i have been taking 54mg of ritilan for about 3 years now. i dont like it but i do it. i think that my mom is trying to fry my brain but it helps me a shitload so i dont really care. guess what im trying to say is just keep trying different things till you find what is right. i have tried about 30 different kinds of medicians and seem to have found the one that works best. as for being at your wits ends, what the F*** your kid is 7 years old you have 12 more years til hes on his own so learn to deal so you might want to lay off those brick walls for awhile. like i said im 17 and even though i have grown up i can still be a little S*** head even though i dont want to cause problems for my parents it comes to the part where i dont think and just do things. but it you work justas hard if not harder than your kid and keep pushing them they will do fine. im a junior in a class A high school and have maintained a 3.6 gpa all though high school. oh ya find them a sport i also play hockey,baseball,golf,snowboard,snowmobile, anything that occupys time is a good thing so get your kid involved with stuff. for me it was my parents that kept telling me that im different than everyone else so i have to work twice as hard as them and thats why im so driven in school and with friends. no im not a geek or that im on the varsity hockey team and play everyday. im on national honer society and bounch of other stuff. i still cheat in school and go out drinking every now and then with the boys. lets your kids be normal but push them at the same time. make sure you get them a good work ethic and S*** like that it all of the little things that are important trust me. but you are going to haveto realize that your child wont change himself, i didnt you need to change and that will change him. if your kid sees you trying to help them all the time they will help you in return. dont get pissed when he makes you feel like its your fault or something put it right back in his face and say well why dont you fix it. plus you might want to up the dosage S*** i was taken 25 mg when i was in 4th grade. time relased too i never liked to take pills at school it made me feel different from everyone else up the dosage and make it time released you will see a difference

im out peace
ZACK